Program
Monday, November 28
Monday, November 28 8:30 - 9:10
WS2: Keynote I
DoD 5G OUSD Tranche Prototyping and Experimentation (Accelerate)
Deb Stanislawski (OUSD R&E 5G)
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelMonday, November 28 8:35 - 9:15
WS3: Paper Session I
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVEL
Monday, November 28 9:15 - 10:00
WS2: Panel I
5G Open Architecture and the role of open-source, Modular RAN and 5G technology enablers
Panelists: Bob Stephens (Keysight), Kamakshi Sridhar (Mavenir), Ben Peddicord (DEVCOM C5ISR), Neel Pandeya (NI), Pam Patton (JHUAPL); Moderated by: Michael Moore (Moore Integrity)
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelMonday, November 28 9:15 - 10:15
WS3: Keynote I
Tactical Autonomy: Status, Challenge and Perspectives
Prof. Danda B. Rawat (Howard University, Washington, DC, USA)
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVELMonday, November 28 10:15 - 11:25
WS2: Demo Session I
ORAN and Cyber (Bob Stephens, Keysight). 5G Corefor Military Applications (MichaelO'Dwyer, Druid). Software Defined Radios and OAI 5GCore (Neel Pandeya, NI)
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelMonday, November 28 10:35 - 11:35
WS3: Panel
Cybersecurity in Mission-Critical Tactical Networks: Limitations, Opportunities and Future Trends
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVELMonday, November 28 11:30 - 12:10
WS2: Paper Session I
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main Level
Monday, November 28 11:35 - 12:15
WS3: Paper Session II
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVEL
Monday, November 28 13:20 - 14:20
WS3: Keynote II
Adversarial Machine Learning for NextG Wireless Networks
Prof. Yi Shi (Virginia Tech, Arlington, VA)
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVELMonday, November 28 13:30 - 14:10
WS2: Keynote II
5G Cybersecurity
Dr. Carl Kutsche (Idaho National Laboratory)
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelMonday, November 28 14:15 - 14:55
WS2: Panel II
5G Military Applications and Cybersecurity
Panelists: Sal D'Itri (Federated Wireless), Tony Markel (NREL), Chris Thomas (Dell), Paul Remick (AWS); Moderated by: David Simpson Rear Admiral (ret.), USN
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelMonday, November 28 14:20 - 15:00
WS3: Paper Session III
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVEL
Monday, November 28 15:00 - 16:10
WS2: Demo Session II
Cloud Telemedicine Application (Paul Remick, AWS). Blockchain 5G Security and ZTA (Chris Thomas, Dell). POWDER Testbed for 5G experimentation and system prototyping (Dr. Kobus VanDer Merwe, University of Utah)
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelMonday, November 28 15:15 - 16:35
WS3: Paper Session IV
Room: GRAND BALLROOM F/MAIN LEVEL
- Dynamic Context-Aware Security in a Tactical Network Using Attribute-Based Encryption
- DRL Algorithms for Efficient Spectrum Sharing in RIS-Aided MIMO Radar and Cellular Systems
- Security Reassessing in UAV-Assisted Cyber-Physical Systems Based on Federated Learning
- Testing and Analysis of IPv6-Based Internet of Things Products for Mission-Critical Network Applications
Monday, November 28 16:15 - 16:35
WS2: Paper Session II
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main Level
Monday, November 28 16:40 - 16:50
WS2: Closing Remarks
Dr. Brian Kelley
Room: Grand Ballroom G/Main LevelTuesday, November 29
Tuesday, November 29 11:50 - 13:10
MC1: Modulation & Coding 1
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Daniel Lee (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
COG: Cognitive Radio
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Daniel Jakubisin (Virginia Tech, USA)
- The Future of GNU Radio: Heterogeneous Computing, Distributed Processing, and Scheduler-As-a-Plugin
- Multi-Signal Classification Using Deep Learning and Sparse Arrays
- Multi-Band Control Channel Architecture (MICCA): Mass Reconfiguration Protocol for Spectrum Dependent Systems
- Linear Jamming Bandits: Sample-Efficient Learning for Non-Coherent Digital Jamming
SDN: Software-Defined Networks
Room: Brookside B
Chair: Carrie Spiker (Boeing Research & Technology, USA)
- An Optimal Network Control Framework for Wireless SDN: From Theory to Implementation
- Towards Software-Defined Tactical Networks: Experiments and Challenges for Control Overhead
- RTC: Route to Controller Algorithm Providing SDN Capabilities in MANETs
- Joint Controller Placement and TDMA Link Scheduling in SDN-Enabled Tactical MANETs
DEF: Cyber Defense
Room: Glen Echo
Chair: Johan Sigholm (Swedish Defence University, Sweden)
AIR: Airborne Networks
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: Joshua Robinson (BAE Systems, Inc., USA)
Tuesday, November 29 14:45 - 16:05
MC2: Modulation & Coding 2
Room: Brookside A
Chair: James Anthony Norris (L3Harris Corp., USA)
RTN: Real-Time Networks
Room: Brookside B
Chair: Danda B. Rawat (Howard University, USA)
- Peak Age of Information With Receiver Induced Service Interruptions
- Allan Deviation of Social Learning Distributed Network Time Synchronization
- Maritime Unmanned Systems and JANUS in Support to Distressed Submarine Search & Rescue: The REPMUS21 Experience
- Frequency-Hop-Coded SCB for Tactical Networks
DCA: Data Collection and Analysis
Room: Glen Echo
Chair: Jack L. Burbank (Sabre Systems, Inc., USA)
- MalGrid: Visualization of Binary Features in Large Malware Corpora
- Automatic Data Generation and Rule Creation for Network Scanning Tools
- C Program Partitioning With Fine-Grained Security Constraints and Post-Partition Verification
- LogMiner: A System Audit Log Reduction Strategy Based on Behavior Pattern Mining
ONC: Overlay Network Concepts
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: Jennifer Byford (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
WC1: Waveform Classification I
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Shengli Zhou (University of Connecticut, USA)
- Robust Classification of Digitally Modulated Signals Using Capsule Networks and Cyclic Cumulant Features
- Classification of Radio Signals Using Truncated Gaussian Discriminant Analysis of Convolutional Neural Network-Derived Features
- Radio Modulation Classification Using Deep Residual Neural Networks
Tuesday, November 29 16:40 - 18:00
MMO: MIMO
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Jack H. Winters (Jack Winters Communications, LLC, USA)
ROB: Improving System Robustness
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: Bryan Nousain (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
WC2: Waveform Classification II
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Patrick Baker (Royal Air Force, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Wednesday, November 30
Wednesday, November 30 11:10 - 12:30
SEC: Physical Layer Security
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Luiz DaSilva (Virginia Tech, USA & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
AJC: Anti-Jam Communications
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: Bishal Thapa (RTX BBN Technologies, USA)
- Considerations of Reinforcement Learning Within Real-Time Wireless Communication Systems
- Jamming Vulnerability of Terahertz Wireless Networks
- Practical Methods for Joint Time and Carrier Synchronization in LPI/LPD Communications
- 5G PUSCH Channel Estimation and Decoding Subject to High-Power Pulse Radar Interference
RTC: Routing and Topology Control
Room: Brookside B
Chair: Claudiu Danilov (Boeing Research & Technology, USA)
MLC: Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
Room: Glen Echo
Chair: Nathan Daughety (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
- I Know Your Triggers: Defending Against Textual Backdoor Attacks With Benign Backdoor Augmentation
- Verify-Pro: A Framework for Server Authentication Using Communication Protocol Dialects
- High-Efficient and Few-Shot Adaptive Encrypted Traffic Classification With Deep Tree
- Attack Graph Embedded Machine Learning Platform for Cyber Situational Awareness
FML: Distributed / Federated ML
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Jake Perazzone (DEVCOM US Army Research Laboratory, USA)
Wednesday, November 30 14:10 - 15:30
DRF: Distributed RF Systems
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Dan Shen (Intelligent Fusion Technology, USA)
- Information-Based Localization and Tracking of an Uncooperative Target by Mobile Sensor Network
- A Message Passing Based Consensus Averaging Algorithm for Decentralized Frequency and Phase Synchronization in Distributed Phased Arrays
- Enhanced Multi-Way Time Transfer for High-Precision Time Synchronization Among UASs
- Forming Coalition Sets From Directional Radios
NMS: Network Modeling & Simulation
Room: Brookside B
Chair: Vinod Mishra (ARL, USA)
5GS: Cybersecurity for 5G
Room: Glen Echo
Chair: Jack L. Burbank (Sabre Systems, Inc., USA)
- Kaputa - Blockchain, Non-Fungible Token and Model Card Integrated 5G/6G Network Slice Broker and Marketplace
- Threat Framework for 5G Cellular Communications
- MUFAZA: Multi-Source Fast and Autonomous Zero-Trust Authentication for 5G Networks
- Toward Zero Trust Security IN 5G OPEN ARCHITECTURE NETWORK SLICES
MCN: Future Military/Commercial Networking
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: Shubha Kadambe (Raytheon & SAS, USA)
- The Role of Private Blockchain Architectures and Smart Contracts for Decentralized 5G Militarized Networks
- Manipulating the Automatic Identification System With Extremely Low-Cost Hardware
- Deep Reinforcement Learning for Power Control in Next-Generation WiFi Network Systems
- 5G-EMANE: Scalable Open-Source Real-Time 5G New Radio Network Emulator With EMANE
MC1: ML for Communications I
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Yue Wang (Georgia State University, USA)
Wednesday, November 30 16:00 - 17:20
ANT: Advanced Antenna & RF Technology
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Paul Sikora (Air Force Research Lab - Information Directorate & Clarkson University, USA)
- Development of a Transmit and Receive (T/R) Phased Array Antenna for Common Data Link (CDL)
- Linear, Efficient Multi-Carrier Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers With Frequency Hopping for Phased Arrays
- On the Tunability of Apollonian-Loaded Split Ring Resonator Topologies
SAT: SATCOM Technologies
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: A J Vigil (Systek & PdM WESS, USA)
MC2: ML for Communications II
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Timothy J O'Shea (DeepSig Inc & Virginia Tech, USA)
Wednesday, November 30 16:00 - 18:00
YSW: Young Scholar Workshop
Room: Foyer
- Federated Learning-Based Jamming Detection for Distributed Tactical Wireless Networks
- A Robust Self-Synchronized Quantum Key Distribution Protocol
- Securing Software Updates Under Receiver Radio Frequency Geolocation Risk
- Improving Quality of Service in a Mesh Network Using Age of Information
- Deep Learning-Based Interference Detection and Classification for LPI/LPD Radar Systems
- Secrecy Rate of Relay and Intelligent Reflecting Surface Antenna-Assisted MIMO
- An Opportunistic Scheme for Low Probability of Detection Communication
- Image Authentication Using Self-Supervised Learning to Detect Manipulation Over Social Network Platforms
- Commercial Space Risk Framework Assessing the Satellite Ground Station Security Landscape for NATO in the Arctic and High North
- Integrating Human Intelligence to Bypass Information Asymmetry in Procurement Decision-Making
- Performance Comparison of OTFS and MC-CDMA With Channel Estimation and Power Back-Off
- NDNSD: Service Publishing and Discovery in NDN
- Blockage Prediction for Mobile UE in RIS-Assisted Wireless Networks: A Deep Learning Approach
- Data-Driven Wireless Anomaly Detection Using Spectral Features
- Decentralized Bandits With Feedback for Cognitive Radar Networks
- A Transmit Diversity Scheme for Multipulse-Pulse Position Modulated Visible Light Communications
- Efficient Monitoring of Dynamic Spectrum Access for Robust and Reliable Detection of Unauthorized Access
- Resource-Efficient and Power-Efficient FPGA Frequency Channelizer Using Novel Systolic Array Architectures
- Verify-Pro: A Framework for Server Authentication Using Communication Protocol Dialects
- LoFin: LoRa-Based UAV Fingerprinting Framework
- SIC Based Secondary Coexistence Over ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Channels
- Unsupervised Radio Scene Analysis Using Neural Expectation Maximization
Thursday, December 1
Thursday, December 1 11:10 - 12:30
PCM: Propagation & Channel Modeling
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Zheng Wang (Virginia Tech, USA)
- Rate Control With Autoregressive Forecasting for High Frequency Communication
- Enhanced Accuracy of Self-Interference Cancellation in Underwater Acoustic Full-Duplex Communication
- Low-Complexity Channel Matrix Calculation for OTFS Systems With Fractional Delay and Doppler
- Intelligent Reflecting Vehicle Surface: A Novel IRS Paradigm for Moving Vehicular Networks
RSN: Resilient and Secure Networks
Room: Brookside B
Chair: Jack L. Burbank (Sabre Systems, Inc., USA)
- Distributed Agent Consensus Performance in Resilient Communication Networks
- A Novel Resilient HF Data Communications Architecture
- WHAC-A-MOLE: Wireless Heterogeneous Adaptive Communications Architecture for Multi-Waveform Obfuscation of Localizable Emissions
- Coverage Estimation for Secure Ultraviolet Communication
PHY: Cyber-Physical Systems
Room: Glen Echo
Chair: Michael T. Kurdziel (L3Harris Corporation & Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
- Mathematical Modeling of Cyber Resilience
- An Experimentation Infrastructure for Quantitative Measurements of Cyber Resilience
- Towards Data-Driven Autonomous Cyber Defence for Military Unmanned Vehicles With Autonomous Capabilities -- Threats & Attacks
- Joint Energy and Correlation Based Anti-Intercepts for Ground Combat Vehicles
RES: Resiliency for SATCOM
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: Richard S Wexler (The Mitre Corporation, USA)
S&R: Scheduling and Relaying
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Brian Rivera (US Army Research Laboratory, USA)
- MADRL Based Scheduling for 5G and Beyond
- Toward Congestion Control in Lossy Networks via Local Queue-Management Policies
- Hector: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Scheduler for Minimizing Casualties of a Military Drone Swarm
- Joint Beam Management and Relay Selection Using Deep Reinforcement Learning for MmWave UAV Relay Networks
Thursday, December 1 14:10 - 15:30
SIG: Signal Processing & Applications
Room: Brookside A
Chair: Adam Anderson (DARPA, USA)
- Sum-Capacity Achieving Schemes of a 2-User Gaussian Multiple-Access Channel With 1-Bit ADC
- SARA: A Practical Framework for Quantitative Risk Assessment Applied to Federal/Commercial Spectrum Coexistence
- Blind Estimation of the Carrier Powers and SNRs in PCMA Satellite Signals by Cyclic Statistics
- Pulse Shaping for Faster-Than-Nyquist to Enable Low-Complexity Detection
CLD: Cross-Layer Design
Room: Brookside B
Chair: Shankararaman Ramakrishnan (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
STC: Special Topics in Cybersecurity
Room: Glen Echo
Chair: Richard Booton (L3Harris Technologies, USA)
UAV: Applications of UAV Networks
Room: Forest Glen
Chair: George F Elmasry (Raytheon & RMD, USA)
ATT: Attacks on ML
Room: Linden Oak
Chair: Rauf Izmailov (Peraton Labs, USA)
- Adversarial Attacks Against Reinforcement Learning Based Tactical Networks: A Case Study
- Data Sanitization Approach to Mitigate Clean-Label Attacks Against Malware Detection Systems
- TensorShield: Tensor-Based Defense Against Adversarial Attacks on Images
- Formal Adversarial Analysis of Machine Learning Based Cyber Physical Authentication Systems
Friday, December 2
Friday, December 2 9:00 - 9:10
WS6: Welcome Remarks
Warren Low
Room: WHITE OAK B/LOWER LEVELWelcoming remarks and objectives of the workshop
Friday, December 2 9:10 - 11:05
WS6: Paper Session
Room: WHITE OAK B/LOWER LEVEL
- Comparing Performance of Group Communications Protocols Over SCB Versus Routed MANET Networks
- NDN Experimental Evaluation in Multi-Domain Tactical Environments
- 5G-Enabled Defence-In-Depth for Multi-Domain Operations
- Base Station Deployment Optimization in Federated Networks With Multi-Hop Communication
- Enabling Adaptive Communications at the Tactical Edge
Friday, December 2 9:10 - 10:10
WS7: Keynote I
Dr. Sastry Kompella
Room: Linden OakFriday, December 2 10:10 - 10:30
WS7: Invited Paper
Room: Linden Oak
Friday, December 2 10:50 - 11:15
WS7: Paper Session I (Battlefield IoT)
Room: Linden Oak
Friday, December 2 11:05 - 12:15
WS6: Panel
Moderated be Konrad Wrona
Room: WHITE OAK B/LOWER LEVELFriday, December 2 11:15 - 12:05
WS7: Paper Session II (Cyber Threats against UAVs)
Room: Linden Oak
Friday, December 2 13:15 - 14:15
WS7: Panel (Networking for AI and AI for Networking)
Dr. Satish Chikkagoudar, Prof. Sibin Mohan, Dr. Jonathan Pfautz, Prof. Nirmalya Roy, Dr. Maggie Wigness, Prof. Shuochao Yao, Dr. Gerome Bovet
Room: Linden OakFriday, December 2 14:15 - 15:00
WS7: Paper Session III (Machine Learning Services)
Room: Linden Oak
Friday, December 2 15:15 - 16:15
WS7: Paper Keynote II
Prof. Prashant Shenoy
Room: Linden OakFriday, December 2 16:15 - 16:35
WS7: Position Paper
Room: Linden Oak